Wayne Gretzky has an estimated net worth of $200 million
Wayne Gretzky is a Canadian actress former professional hockey player with an estimated net worth of $200 million. Gretzky played 20 seasons of professional hockey in the National Hockey League and is widely considered the greatest player in history. He is 6 foot and weighs 185 pounds. Wayne Douglas Gretzky was born on January 26, 1961 in Brantford, Ontario in Canada. Gretzky’s father worked for Bell Telephone Canada and his mother was a stay-at-home mother to five children including Wayne. His father would leave the sprinklers on every winter so that the yard would freeze into a pond and allow Gretzky to practice ice skating, which he started when he was 2 years old. He played on his first team at the age of 6 and was a prodigy from early on.
Gretzky eventually moved to Toronto to further his career when he was 14 and he played Junior Hockey B. At the age of 17, he signed a professional contract to play in the World Hockey Association which was competing with the NHL in 1978. His contract was for seven seasons and worth $1.75 million with the Indianapolis Racers. The team and league soon folded and but not before Gretzky joined the Edmonton Oilers, also of the WHA. The next year, 1979, the Oilers were added to the NHL and Gretzky went on to become the undisputed star of the sport, leading the Oilers to four Stanley Cup titles and won seven consecutive Hart Trophies as the league’s most valuable player.
Gretzky was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988 in a move that transformed the sport and was simply known as “the trade” because of its historical impact. Although the Kings would not win a championship with Gretzky, having the highest-profile player in the history of the sport in Los Angeles revolutionized the popularity of the game. Gretzky was a worldwide star, leading the league and Canadian sports to new heights. His celebrity extended way beyond the ice rink as he has appeared in over 60 movies, shows and videos. He went on to play for two other teams, coach the Phoenix Coyotes, became an NHL team owner and also bought a Canadian football team. He has a variety of business pursuits, including restaurants and merchandise. He met his wife, actress, Janet Jones, in 1987 while working as a celebrity judge on Dance Fever, and they have five children.
Wayne Gretzky has enough net worth to buy:
1. 800,160 Easton Stealth RS Grip Senior Composite Hockey Stick ($249.95 each)
2. 444.4 Men’s Rolex Grandmaster White Gold Diamond Watch ($450,000.00 each)
3. 1,058.2 1989 Lamborghini Countach (189,000.00 each)
Wayne Gretzky has enough net worth to give almost everyone in Brazil $1.
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